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[John F]

Ah - I've found something that's similar to what I mean - but imagine it having a normal boot with the swivelling rear panels pivoting on a vertical plane outwards from the C pillar instead of on an essentially horizontal plane upwards from that central structure:

 

[Eddie Honda]

That BL Mini fit the bill really, but you want bloody moon on a stick!

[John F]

That BL Mini fit the bill really, but you want bloody moon on a stick!

 

Hehe, it is probably the best so far

[Pillock]

Like a Ladybird, but with wheels and an engine and 1000 times bigger?

[AlabamaShrimp]

I'll post this here but it's the same as I said in the news 24 bit.

 

Exhaust fell off hit the floor. No damage seen but now it won't line up with the new mounts.

 

 

It's about 4 inch too far forward with no slack. Anyone have any idea what's going on?

[John F]

Do you think it might have fallen off because that hanger had never been attached?

[Richard]

It might have bent all the hanger mounts on the exhaust when it fell off.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Do you think it might have fallen off because that hanger had never been attached?

Both were broken like they were attached and all the metal work is straight

 

 

 

Edit:

 

This pic is from under the car when they broke. Look at the damage in the back one. It looks like it's always been on at an angle.

 

[sierraman]

Looks like it’s blowing from the back box joint to me.

[andy18s]

Correct. Edited for the correct level of caddishness

 

 

I paid just* £118.7 a litre at the weekend, I can't recall when it last that cheap.

Filled up at 1.89 Lev a litre last week,86p for

[DodgeRover]

Filled the Lexus for 63.9ppl I remember thinking petrol was dear when it was costing that.

[Cavcraft]

How do these wheels come off? Unscrew that big cap thing to reveal wheel nuts underneath, or a case of getting a screwdriver in what looks like a little slot at '2.30' and prise whole centre off?

 

 

 

Thanks in advance, etc.

[Richard]

[Cavcraft]

Ta M8, got 'em off now. 

[Tamworthbay]

How about this ?

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Apparently there is a bit of storage at the sides but it is mostly engine.

One of my favourite cars and I love the utterly ridiculous rear openings that allow for hardly any access to the engine despite their size. Why does no one do crazy stuff like that anymore?

[wuvvum]

Question for any BMW geeks out there: can anybody tell me what flavour of locking wheel nut key I need to undo this?

 

 

It's off the Rover 75 but is a BMW fitment.  It looks to me like it could be an 051 but then I look at other patterns and think it could be those as well.  The locking wheel nut key which came with the car isn't even close - helpfully* that doesn't have a number on it.

 

The alternative is to buy a complete set of keys - 45 quid on the slow boat from China, so not the end of the world but an expense I'd rather avoid if I can.

[skattrd]

Not much help Wuv, but when I phoned my local part-worn tyre place the other week to ask about removing locking nuts, he said he should* be able to do it and usually just asked for a tenner.

Then buy 4x standard bolts.

[Broadsword]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but when was Autoshite created? Before the videos of Mr. DW I had no idea of the existence of this marvelous place, so I don't really know anything of it's history.

[busmansholiday]

Not much help Wuv, but when I phoned my local part-worn tyre place the other week to ask about removing locking nuts, he said he should* be able to do it and usually just asked for a tenner.

Then buy 4x standard bolts.

When was the last time you saw a car on four house bricks as some ---t had nicked the wheels?. Yep, that's what I thought.

Actually not having locking wheel nuts doesn't half confuse some tyre fitters ..

[Richard]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but when was Autoshite created? Before the videos of Mr. DW I had no idea of the existence of this marvelous place, so I don't really know anything of it's history.

 

Late 2005 I think. http://autoshite.com/members/?sort_key=members_display_name&sort_order=asc&max_results=20&sort_key=joined

[catsinthewelder]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but when was Autoshite created? Before the videos of Mr. DW I had no idea of the existence of this marvelous place, so I don't really know anything of it's history.

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/31114-ten-glorious-years-of-rbj-nonsense/page-2?do=findComment&comment=1436712

[sierraman]

Question for any BMW geeks out there: can anybody tell me what flavour of locking wheel nut key I need to undo this?

 

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It's off the Rover 75 but is a BMW fitment. It looks to me like it could be an 051 but then I look at other patterns and think it could be those as well. The locking wheel nut key which came with the car isn't even close - helpfully* that doesn't have a number on it.

 

The alternative is to buy a complete set of keys - 45 quid on the slow boat from China, so not the end of the world but an expense I'd rather avoid if I can.

Mcguard nuts. Piece of piss to remove with a reverse thread 1/2 socket and a windy gun.

[Richard]

How long do locking wheel nuts delay thieves by? I'm going to guess that it's approximately not at all.

[wuvvum]

Mcguard nuts. Piece of piss to remove with a reverse thread 1/2 socket and a windy gun.

I've got a set of those sockets but they only go up to 19mm, which is slightly too small - next size up seems to be 21mm but I'm concerned that'll be too big as a "normal" 20mm 12-point socket slips straight over the bolt.

[D Spares & Tyres]

I'm replacing the engine on a 2004 Peugeot Partner van. Im ditching the hateful.DW8 and putting a 1.9XUD in it.

On the exhaust manifold there is this pointless looking thing bolted on.IMG_20181128_150426.jpg

What is the point of it? I've seen it on quite a few cars but never really questioned it

It's some kind of resonator. The one on my 305 had a hole in it so I fitted a flat plate in its place, with no apparent ill effects.

That sounds logical. I cut it open and nothing was inside

So I have blanked it off as it was in the way of the coolant pipes on the van

[Eddie Honda]

Mcguard

McGard if you're googling it.

[mitsisigma01]

""Mcguard nuts. Piece of piss to remove with a reverse thread 1/2 socket and a windy gun""

Any southern shiters got any of these I can borrow to do 4 nuts on a Ford focunts please

[Dead_E23]

There must be different types of those McGard wheel nuts - I've just been looking at one I removed from my V70 and it has a swivelly collar to prevent that type of attack.   It's outside diameter is 25mm and it's as hard as a coffin nail - a new, sharp chisel made little impression on one I had to remove by force and I had to use drill bits of increasing diameters to chop the head off it, which was a tiresome job.

 

Despite the impressive hardening on the bolts, the keys are made of stupidly soft pot metal and as soon as you find a tight one you are sunk.  That's not something I would much like to deal with at the side of the road, so I hereby award McGard nuts the certificate of shitness and certify them fit for the bin. 

[SiC]

If you have the wheel nut code or even the remains of the nut key tool you can buy replacements.

[sierraman]

I've got a set of those sockets but they only go up to 19mm, which is slightly too small - next size up seems to be 21mm but I'm concerned that'll be too big as a "normal" 20mm 12-point socket slips straight over the bolt.

The 19mm will do it. Be sure to get it square on to the nut so it gets a proper grip.